Monday, November 25, 2024

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Sending Rick Grenell to Ukraine

At Fox, a list, Trump administration takes shape: President-elect completes top 15 Cabinet picks. At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed cites Anxious: Trump Now Has the Most Ideologically Diverse Cabinet Ever. From OTP, Donald Trump Jr Major Player In Cabinet Picks, Alone Now As Top Family Political Adviser. Althouse watches "CBS News poll finds Trump starts on positive note as most approve of transition handling." Sundance at CTH, President Trump Announces Nomination of Brooke Rollins as Secretary of Agriculture.

From Fox, Ric Grenell under consideration to be Trump's point man on Ukraine: report. What a thankless job. Sundance has opinions on many of the intelligence related appointments, Potential Peacemaker – Reuters: President Trump Considering Ric Grenell for Special Envoy to Ukraine, Incoming National Security Advisor Mike Waltz Outlines His Priorities for Trump Administration, Intelligence Games – Former House Intel Chair Schiff Says Trump Intel Nominees Not Qualified, But Senate Intel Chair Rubio is “Unquestionably Qualified” and SSCI Committee Member James Lankford Has Concerns About Tulsi Gabbard as DNI Nominee, and Other Matters

At Da Wire, Megyn Kelly Methodically Breaks Down ‘Bulls*** Allegation’ Against Pete Hegseth. Sundance, President Trump’s Attorney, John Lauro, Speaks in Support of Pam Bondi for U.S. Attorney General and sees trouble ahead with RFK Jr., Awkward – Vivek Ramaswamy Says the Quiet Part Out Loud. Leslie Eastman at LI sees The New York Times Accidentally Admit RFK Jr. is Correct on Food Additives. Mark Tapscott at Insty,  finds MIXED REVIEWS FOR DOGE AMONG HILL AIDES: "One might expect a roughly 50-50 split among Republican and Democrat congressional aides in terms of their view of the forthcoming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), to be headed by Elon Musk and Vivik Ramaswamy. But the latest Capitol Pulse CNCT informal survey finds a big split, with Senior GOP policy aides very much in favor, but the younger ones not so much. Not surprisingly, opposition among Democratic aides was all but unanimous." Ned Ryun and Mark Corallo at Am Great propose Tearing the Leviathan Apart  At WUWT, Lighting Up America: Why Chris Wright Should Be Welcomed, Not Spurned as DOE Sec. 

Breitbart hears Trump Border Czar Tom Homan Plans PR War over Migration and Repatriations. Tom Homan to Newsmax: 'Game On' for Dems Fighting Deportations, Homan to Newsmax: Border Closed in Matter of Months; Quick Fixes on Day 1 and Rep. Burlison to Newsmax: Prosecute Wray and Mayorkas. From Florida's Voice, Trump confirms plan to militarize border response, enact mass deportations, declare emergency. Victor Joeks at Hat Hair Debunks the Left's Deportation Hysteria. Sarah Anderson at PJM, Multiple Migrants Arrested in 'Sanctuary States' for Attacking Women, Children, & Dogs. No! Not the dogs! Sundance, Fearing Trump Compliance Demand – Mexico Quickly Looking for Alternatives to Chinese Parts and Components and German Industrialists Very Worried About Trump’s Return – German Economists Say ‘Relax, We’ll Just Devalue the Euro’

Matt Vespa at TownHall hears the Keystone XL Pipeline Is Back Once Trump Retakes Office, But There's a Problem. The builder doesn't want it anymore. American Energy Alliance hopes Trump’s Victory Will Save Ratepayers From Expensive Offshore Wind

At PJM Matt Margolis believes Voter Approval for Trump’s Transition Creates Huge Problem for Democrats. At Althouse, Bill Maher asks about the "fact" that 84% of "gays" "stuck with the Democrats," and Andrew Sullivan doesn't agree with the assertion of fact. Driscoll at Insty, has a REPORT: "Donald Trump to kick transgender troops out of US military. Donald Trump is planning an executive order that would lead to the removal of all transgender members of the US military, defence sources say."

John Sexton at Hat Hair reads Vox: Moving Left Could Doom Democrats in Future Elections. Breitbart sees a Culture Shift: How Stand-Up Comedy Helped Reelect Trump. At Althouse, "We’ve marched so much. We’re tired of doing the same thing over and over...." "Said David Hogg, "who was among the students in Parkland, Fla., who mobilized on behalf of gun control legislation," quoted in "'Get Somebody Else to Do It': Trump Resistance Encounters Fatigue/Donald J. Trump’s grass-roots opponents search for a new playbook as they reckon with how little they accomplished during his first term" (NYT)." And points out David Hogg is 24. Ward Clark at RedState, Oh, So *Now* the Dems Like the Filibuster and Ranked Choice Voting Fails Bigly Almost Everywhere - Despite Backers Spending Big Bundles of Cash. OTP, ‘Crying Session’ Blinken On Hot Seat For Reported Therapy Session For State Workers After Trump Win. At Twitchy, a Presidential Journey: Trump Voters Know Who's Crying Now in Hilarious Parody Music Video ​In the waning days of the Biden/Harris/Whoever Presidency, Ars Technica points out the Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine portends new era of warfare "This is the first time an IRBM, once restricted by a Cold War arms treaty, has been used in combat." Fox, Biden administration informs Congress it will forgive $5B in economic loans to Ukraine, "Congress passed a funding package that earmarked $60B for Ukraine in April." Kevin Killough at JTN reports Despite lackluster consumer interest, automakers are asking Trump to keep EV mandate in place. At Da Caller, ‘Solidarity Forever’: Biden-Harris EPA Weighs Awarding Taxpayer Dollars To Nonprofit That Wants To Defund The Police. NYPo reports Feds blew $267M fighting ‘misinformation’ under Biden — as Trump vows to ban ‘censorship cartel’. Tapscott at Insty, FOUR AD FIRMS GOT RICH ON HARRIS LOSS: "Washington Free Beacon’s Andrew Kerr dug into the FEC reports and found four ad firms that collectively received almost $600 million of the $1 billion+ raised by Vice-President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign.
“The latest available FEC data show the Harris campaign exceeded $880 million in total spending as of October 16, though that number is expected to balloon to $1.5 billion after the Harris campaign files its post-election FEC report on December 5,” Kerr reports."

Jonathan Turley thanks the DOJ, as the  Justice Department Indicts Alleged Swatters of Turley, Members of Congress, and Others.




I forgot to send my Rule 5s to the Wombat this week, but he still posted Rule 5 Sunday: Cheerful Bikini and FMJRA 2.0: Roster Like A Hole anyway. 


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